#38819C#38819C

#38819C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.083 H 225.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38819C
RGB	rgb(56, 129, 156)
HSL	hsl(196, 47%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(196, 64%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 17.3%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.62, -14.09, -21.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.62, 25.46, 236.40°)
OKLab	oklab(56.85% -0.0582 -0.0592)
OKLCH	oklch(56.85% 0.083 225.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.4795, 18.9400, 34.2860)
Luminance	0.1894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38819C #9C5338

analogous

#389C85 #38819C #384F9C

triadic

#38819C #9C3881 #819C38

tetradic

#38819C #85389C #9C5338 #4F9C38

square

#38819C #85389C #9C5338 #4F9C38

split-complementary

#38819C #9C384F #9C8538

monochromatic

#183742 #285C6F #38819C #51A2C0 #7EBAD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#38819C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#38819C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38819C

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38819C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38819C	1.00	4.39	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#727E9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#64749C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00898A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38819c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 129, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.083 225.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79a5b9',
    500: '#38819c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38819c;
$custom-light: #79a5b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38819c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.2,
    "s": 47.17,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5685,
    "c": 0.08297,
    "h": 225.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38819C

secondary

#BA8876

accent

#7551D7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #38819C

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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